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Halloween Costumes: A Retrospective

Now that Halloween is far enough in the past not to stir up any traumatic memories, guest columnist Brendan Murray provides a retrospective on costumes that made him think twice.

Now that we can safely say Halloween season is (finally) over, it’s time to look back and reflect on the things that made this October special. People celebrated by eating candy, watching scary movies, eating candy, carving pumpkins, going Trick-or-Treating, and eating candy. But most of all, people celebrated Halloween (and November 1st, if the parties on campus were to be believed) by wearing the best costume they could pull together on a college student’s budget. There were great ones, good ones, slutty ones, and everything in between. Here are the ones I saw and loved (or hated, or had no feelings about).

Iron Man/Tony Stark (some kid built a real reactor core and installed it in his chest. That’s dedication.)